Northbridge

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,795 people were counted in Northbridge: of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge there were 1,276 children aged 0-14 years and 1,406 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, 5,032 people were Australian citizens, 1,536 were born overseas and 44 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, 58.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.3% were separated or divorced, 7.2% were widowed and 27.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, 68.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Northbridge were England 5.1%, Japan 2.7%, New Zealand 2.0%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.0% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Northbridge on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.8%, Anglican 24.4%, No Religion 17.0%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 3.4%, Japanese 3.4%, Greek 1.4%, Italian 1.3% and Mandarin 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 79.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,867 people aged 15 years and over in Northbridge were in the labour force. Of these 61.2% worked full-time, 32.8% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.0% were unemployed. 1,476 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 20.6%, Managers and Administrators 11.3%, Associate Professionals 8.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.0% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Northbridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 14.1%, Health Services 5.0%, Education 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5% and Finance 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, 1,567 families were counted: of these, 30.6% were couple families without children, 57.8% were couple families with children, 9.4% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, 2,021 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Northbridge, 83.1% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, 59.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.5% were being purchased and 16.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 59.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Northbridge, 76.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.